I bid thee farewell (for now)…

If you ever get bored with Pirates CSG or feel it needs more “fresh” content, please take a long look at the massive quantity of stuff here on the site.  Especially when you really delve into the categories, tags, Rankings, videos, podcasts, and Battle Reports, the quantity is staggering.  Just because it seems “o…[Read more]

10 master alert!  5 total being bid on now, though soon to be 4 punched ones.

New .xlsx version of the Master Spreadsheet on the homepage.  Corrections: Oarsmen>Oarsman in RV UL, fixed ability text for Homemade Flag (both versions of SM).

I could get behind a structured competitive gambling scene for Pirates. With money on the line there may be a need for more strict guidelines on fleet builds. Las Vegas would be the perfect place to test out this theory!!! 🙂

No kidding!  I’m starting to think the idea has some merit.  There could be specific tables for various rulesets, with a v…[Read more]

Naturally this has been proposed before, but I haven’t added it to the main page yet.

-Play with real money

When setting up the game, everyone contributes real coins.  This would most likely be pennies/nickels/dimes/quarters, or just one of the above so each island would have the same amount.  It would be interesting if there was some way to hi…[Read more]

Haven’t posted the VASSAL standings in a long time… I’m sure this list is missing games, but it should include all of the VASSAL games I’ve been involved in along with a handful of others.

-For this list, games only count as losses if less than 4 players/fleets are involved.

Now up to 42 items being bid on, with a lot of singles.  Zeus may actually sell for $110+!

This does not feel complete without the old thread here…[Read more]

American Canoes over Zeus for sure. It’s a big scary ship that’s horribly underpriced, but it’s still a single basket of eggs. The canoes can scatter in five directions, and are quick enough that even without chaining them, they can pull in a lot of gold before an opponent hunts them all down.

Both are extremely good, just hard to compare.  I have…[Read more]

Just finished rereading the reports for VASSAL Campaign Game 3, certainly one of my all time favorite games.

Here is a version of the Master Spreadsheet with all the sets in one tab.  2652 total game pieces!

You can download it via File>Download, or grab the link at the bottom of the homepage here.

Being pinned restricts movement, which includes the movement caused by towing, so the Sea Monster has to release it first.

If Fear on a nearby ship hit that same Sea Monster with a 5 roll, that would theoretically release that pinned ship correct? (since then the Sea Monster would be pinned instead with the keyword cancelled)  If that happened,…[Read more]

More from Peter Diamandis…

“3D Printing Across All Retail Sectors” section made me think about Pirates a bunch.

Just saved the following URL’s in full page screen capture format and in the Internet Archive:

The Huge Game Legacy Thread

Guide to huge games of Pirates CSG

https://pirateswithben.com/the-2011-cumulative-game/
https://pirateswithben.com/pirates-csg-risk-battle-report/

Throughout the day/week I will edit…[Read more]

Plunder Pack on sale a bit at HWG, but still $15 more than the original MSRP.